Gnome Plant

Plants > Heather Family

The Gnome Plant (Hemitomes congestum), also known as the cone plant, is one of the most astonishing, ethereal, and bizarre vascular flora in North America. Belonging to the monotropoid subfamily of the heather family (Ericaceae), this singular forest dweller has...

Supriatna’s Flying Dragon

Reptiles > Agamid Lizards

Supriatna’s Flying Dragon (Draco supriatnai) is an exquisite arboreal gliding lizard endemic to the Wallacean island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Formally described by herpetologists in 2016 and named in honor of distinguished Indonesian conservationist Professor...

Kayan Slow Loris

Mammals > Primates

The Kayan Slow Loris (Nycticebus kayan) is an enigmatic, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate endemic to the central and northern highlands of Borneo. Officially recognized as a distinct species in 2012 following comprehensive morphological and genetic audits of Bornean...

Spiral Sundew

Plants > Sundews

The Spiral Sundew (Drosera spiralis) is an exceptionally dramatic carnivorous perennial herb endemic to the rugged, high-altitude quartz-sandstone plateaus (campos rupestres) of the Serra do Espinhaço range in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Re-evaluated and...

Cerro Duida Giant Sun Pitcher

Plants > Sun Pitchers

The Cerro Duida Giant Sun Pitcher (Heliamphora tatei) is an extraordinary, shrub-forming carnivorous plant endemic to the ancient, mist-shrouded sandstone mesa summits (tepuis) of southern Venezuela’s Guiana Highlands. Unlike virtually all other pitcher plants...